2012: A year of CEO departures

Bob Diamond resigned as chief executive of Barclays in July over the
Libor scandal at the bank. Mr Diamond said in a statement: "No decision
over that period was as hard as the one that I make now to stand down as
chief executive. The external pressure placed on Barclays has reached a
level that risks damaging the franchise – I cannot let that happen."
He had been resisting pressure to resign, insisting that he was the man to
drive through changes in the bank's culture. Barclays appointed Antony
Jenkins, the head of the bank's retail and business banking division, as its
new chief executive in August.